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It was inevitable that the announcement a little while ago that Real Groovy Records' building was being demolished would be met with howls of horror from social media and music sites. Combine that in the same 48 hours with the announcement that up the road our beloved St Kevin's arcade had been sold and you got a loud chorus of "gentrification!".
The truth is Real Groovy Auckland (we hope) will find a new home. But the building that we all know and love is being demolished to make room for much-needed... Читать дальше...

AUCKLAND (Pacific Journalism Review/Pacific Media Watch): The rise of popular factual television has threatened the key claim on “reality” of documentary practice but there is hope on the horizon in the post-documentary era, says Pacific Journalism Review in the latest edition.

Four independent, national businesses have joined forces to determine how successful social media is for New Zealand business. The inaugural online survey will provide details on the most popular social media platforms and how small and large businesses ...

Every month we report on what’s happening with public transport patronage however Auckland Transport also report on many other metrics too such as how roads are performing. In this post I’ll look at some of those other metrics.

Pacific nations to benefit from FFA’s new-look centre for fisheries surveillance 6 October, 2015, FFA RFSC, Honiara SOLOMON ISLANDS –Fisheries surveillance work at the Pacific's Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre has been refreshed with a ...

California legalises assisted suicide as a cost-cutting measure by circumventing the normal legislative process

Property Council’s Residential Development Summit will explore housing unaffordability in Auckland by looking at its key causes.

Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) - Mercer Group, the stainless steel fabricator and manufacturer, has agreed to sell its unprofitable medical division for $2.03 million, kicking off an asset sale programme signalled in August when the company wrote off $6 million ...

‘This deal is a travesty of democracy’, said Professor Jane Kelsey about the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in Atlanta, USA.

Stage and Screen Travel Services, the entertainment and sports travel management brand of Flight Centre Travel Group, has won a five-year contract to provide travel management to SANZAR – a joint venture between the rugby unions of Argentina, Australia, ...

We all have a role to play in preventing suicide The Mental Health Foundation acknowledges the family, whanau and friends of the 564 New Zealanders who died by suicide in the last year. “Every death by suicide is a tragedy,” says MHF Director of Programme ...

Business confidence has plunged to the lowest point since the global financial crisis with key sectors such as manufacturing extremely gloomy about the future, Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson says. “According to NZIER’s Quarterly Survey ...

Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) - Victor Clarke, a former director of MediaWeb, one-time publisher of NZ Management magazine, has pleaded guilty to forgery and false accounting charges, brought by the Serious Fraud Office, relating to loans of $2.2 million for the failed ...

Global marine resource exploitation can spread following patterns that are analogous to disease epidemics says a new paper by WorldFish and Stockholm Resilience Centre . The study highlights how the speed and connectivity of seafood commerce is challenging ...

Apple and Google hold the #1 and #2 spots, tech brands comprise more than a third of the entire ranking’s value, and five brands—Lego, PayPal, MINI, Moët & Chandon and Lenovo—enter the ranking

A guest post by Cheryl Parsons who was on NZ80 from Hong Kong on 3 October: I was one of the unfortunate 311 aboard flight NZ80 from Hong Kong to Auckland on 2/3 October.   Newspaper reports have covered the flight reasonably well but I have a few comments of my own to add. I was […]

Volkswagen NZ confirms 6% of the 75,000 Volkswagens on NZ roads are affected by emissions software discrepancy

The Yacht Racing Forum is delighted to welcome the Volvo Ocean Race as an Official Partner. The leading annual conference for the business of sailing and yacht racing will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 7-8 December.

Zespri welcomes the conclusion of negotiations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement which will generate significant value for the New Zealand kiwifruit industry.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is asking moored boat owners to help keep marine pests out of the Bay by regularly checking, cleaning and antifouling their hulls this summer.

Porirua Police are looking for Jayden HART who has links both to Wellington and Porirua Areas.

The Government needs to ban neonicotinoid pesticides in light of new research that proves they kill bees and other important pollinating insects, the Green Party said today.

“…generously endowed with humour, nimble wit and assured audience appeal” – Theatreview The man drought describes a real phenomenon happening in New Zealand today: there are currently 52,000 more women than men, in the 25-49 age group. Pip ...

We met with Lisa Loveday, the inspiration behind Sandringham’s first ever Best Biryani Competition, to find out her reason for launching this inaugural event.

The 2015 Pacific Beer Expo will host the launch in New Zealand of beer from the Melbourne brewery La Sirène.